Arizona Medicaid program alerts 3,146 members of privacy breach: 3 details to know

Arizona’s Medicaid program is investigating after the program accidentally sent personal health information to the wrong home addresses, according to azcentral, part of the USA Today network.

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The key details to know:

1. A programming error caused patients’ 1095-B tax forms to be mailed to incorrect home addresses.

2. Affected patients have been notified of the incident.

3. Patients’ social security numbers weren’t included on the forms.

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